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L. DRAGON.

s w. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2| I920.

PatentedSept. 27,1921.

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L. DRAGON. sA'w. APPLICATION FILED. AUG. 2. 1920.

1, 9 ,050, PatentedSept. 27,1921.-

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Vifiwzwna Lani)" fizqymz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sen: nun AND ONE-THIRD r0 JOSEPH SYLVANIA.

REIBLE, BOTH or PHILADELPHIA, PENN- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS DRAGON, a sub-' iect of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphla and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saws, of which the following isa specification.

One object of myinvention is to provide an improved saw which will be so constructed that it will out faster and more easily than saws which were made prior to my invention. l V j I Another object is to so'arrange and shape the body and cutting portions of my improved saw that labor and material Wlll be saved intheir manufacture.

A further object is to so, construct my improved saw that it can be readily sharpened and will last longer than saws oflike character made prior to mv invention.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings 1n which.-

Figure 1 is an elevation of a two man cross cut Saw made in accordance with my invention, r

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of certain of the parts shown in Fig. 1 and drawn on an enlarged scale so as to more clearly illustrate the details of the cutting parts,

Fig. .3 is a bottom plan view of Flg. 2 showing the cutting parts and the permanent setting of certain of said narts,

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 2, 1 Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional plan view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary. plan view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 8 is a view of the same general character to that shownin Fig. 2 and showing a slight modification in the formation of certain of the cutting parts, 7

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 9-9of Fig; 8, r

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 1010 of Fig.8,

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary elevation showing a modified form of certain of the parts, and e Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 2,

' 3 and "each I Patented Sept. 27, 1921'. 1920. Serial No. 400,776. r v

Fig. 12 is a bottom planview of Fig.11. eferring to the drawings and particularlyto Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, my improved saw 1ncludesa body or blade portion 13 which is i blade portion flaring downwardly from its upper edge 14 as shown in the cross section illustrated in'Fig. 5. The lower edgeportion of the blade 13" is provided withoutting elementsof various'characters which alternate with each other within the central 1 and 2 said cutting elements being ar: ranged in groups as indicated at w and y. L

The groups as alternate with the groups group an includes two cutting parts 15 and 16 which will hereinafter'b'e termed fchisel's. and 16 are'l0cated 18 3 the knife 17 being locatedadjacent the chisel 15 and the knife 18 being located'adjacent the chisel 16. These knives l7 a'nd 18 are similarly constructed with exception that they arev set in opposite directions as clearly shown'in Fig; 8 and have'their o posite faces beveled or sharpened as shown at 19 {the sharpening occurring on the knife 17 at one surface and on the knife 18 on the opposite surface. In other words one knife is sharpened on onesurfac'e andthe other knife of each group is sharpened on the opposite surface as clearly shown in' full portion of the saw as clearly; shown' in Figs.

and dotted lines in Fig.2.

The metal is cut away on opposite si'desof the blade to form grooves 20; said grooves leading'upwardly between the knives 17 and 18 to reduce the thickness of metal and at the samejtime' to permita thin web of m etal, as shown at 21 in Fig. 7, to connect the knives 17 and 18 together practically throughout their entire heightslor'depths. This construction also permits the more ready sharpening of the knives at points th'erebetween. The opposite sides of the Chisels 15 and 16 are preferably made parallel below the line 22 and the blade 13 above the line 22 tapers toward the edge 14: as

of the shape shown in Fig. 1; said Between these chisels 15 the cutting'knives17 and Y clearly shown in Fig. 5. The bottom edges 23 of the chisels 15 and 16 extend straight across in the same manner as'an ordinary chisel and these chisels 15 and 16'sla'nt in opposite directions.

By the construction above set forth it will be 9 9 tha the lower cutting portions of the knives 17 and 18 cut a path of greater width than the width of the chisels 15 and 16 and the cutting edges 23 of the chisels are preferably made slightly shorter or in other-words are located above the level of the lowermost parts of the knives 17 and 18. In the form of my invention, as illustrated, between each group w is located a group y of teeth; there being in the present instance two teeth 24 and 25 in each group 1 These teeth 24 and 25 are constructed similarly to the teeth or knives 17 and 18 above described and include a portion 26 of reduced thickness which in the. form ofv a groove similar to the groove described in connection with the group w and serves for the same purpose. The parts above described are of greater depth atthe centralportion of the blade than they are adjacent the opposite endportions 27 andj28 of'the blade; the depth of the teeth of said cutting parts becoming gradually less as they approach the oppositeend portions, 27 andges as clearly shown in Fig. Directly adjacent the extreme ends of the blade are provided groups of closely positioned teeth 29mm .30 as is usually the 'custorn 'to provide in saws-of this character andit willbe notedthat by producing a blade of. the shape illustrated in Fig. 1 that an extremely advantageous bulged or belly portion30. is provided adjacent the, central or middle portion of the saw between thefend portions 27 and28; said central portion taking the greatest amount of wear during-the action of the saw.

In'the form. of myinvention shown in Figs. 8 to, .10.. inclusive .the structure is similar to that above described, in connection with Figs. 1 to 7 with exception that instead of permitting a'smallportionof the metal to remain between the knives of the groups 50. and the teeth of-the groups y, as shown at 21 and 26,"in Figs. 6 and7, theJentire metal between the knives 17 and 18 is cut away as shown at 21 and the entire metal between the-teeth 24 and 25 is;cut away as shown at 26 In each instance the knives and teeth preferably have one surface in the plane of the side of theblade, while the oppositesurface is tapered. For example as shown in Fig. 5, the surface'31 ofone knife is in the sameplane with the side surface 32 of the blade and the oppo site surface 33 is beveled as shown. in clotted lines so that the knife tapers downwardly. The adjacent knife alternates with this construction. I In other words the surface 34 is inthe same plane with; the surface 35 of the blade and thefopposite surface 36 of the knife is tapered or beveled downwardly as shown in,dotted lines.

In the form of the invention shown in K ali-and he s re re Omitted between thegroups m of the chisels15 and 163' Inall other respects the construction is similarto that'described in connection with Figs. 1 to 7. While the form shown in Figs. 11 and 12 does not present thesame amount ofcuttingjportions nevertheless the principle of the disposition, arrangement and construction of the chisels and knives or teeth is similar to that described in the previously mentioned description.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular. form, it will be .under stood that the various parts of. my invention may be changed without departing from .the spirit, thereof, and hence I do not limit niyselfto theprecise construction set forth, butconsider that I am 'atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope'of the appended c a m I Having thus described my invention, what I clairnas new and desire to secure by Let'- ters Patent is f 1. 'A saw' including a blade having opposite faces inclined inopposite directions as plane extending centrally through 'thethickness thereof, {said ,blade having knives, f in which adjacent knives have opposite surfaces coincident respectively with the oppo site surfacesof said blade,.said blade having chisel teethadjacent said knives, said chisel teeth having opposite side surface'sjextend- .ing substantially parallel to each other; substantiallyas described. f H 2. Asaw blade flaring in cross sectionto its cutting edge portion and having p pqsa faces inclined in opposite directions to a plane. passing centrally through thethickness thereof, said cutting edge portionfin eluding knives spaced apart'in the direction of the length of the blade, certain of said knives havingbuter side surfaces in the plane of one of said inclined surfacesof the blade and an opposite surface slanting at an incline to said first plane from that which first surface thereof slants, said second mentioned surface of said latter knives be.- ing beveled inyopposite direction from said first surface thereofto providethe sharpened edges for said knives coincidentwith said "first surfaces thereof, others of said knives having sidesurfaces in the plane of the opposite surface of said blade, the other side surfaces of said latter mentioned knives be.- ing at an inclineto said secondplane and extending in an opposite ,directionto that which said. first mentioned surface of the latter mentioned blades are, inclined, said cutting. edge portion of the blade including intervening chisel teeth substantially as describe-d. i 3. A saw blade flaring in cross section to its cuttingedge portion. andhaving opposite faces inclined. .in opp osite directions to a plane passing centrally through the ness thereof, said cutting edge portion ineluding knives spaced apart in the direction of the length of the blade, certaitn of said knives having outer side surfaces in the plane of one of said inclined surfaces of the blade and an Opposite surface slanting at an incline to said first plane from that which said first surface thereof slants, said second mentioned surface ofsaid latter knives being beveled in opposite directions from said first surface thereof to provide the sharpened edges for said knives coincident with said first surfaces thereof others of said knives having side surfaces in the plane of the oppositesurface of said blade, the other side surfaces of said latter mentioned knives being at an incline to said second plane and extending in an opposite direction to that which said first mentioned surface of the latter mentioned blades are inclined, said cutting edge portion of the blade including 20 intervening chisel teeth with substantially parallel opposite side surfaces; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 25 

